Kay and I arrived to visit Mom last Sunday, January 31. When we arrived, she told us about a letter a young staffer had just sent around announcing the week would be called “Spirit Week” in the hopes of livening up the community in the dead of winter. Mom read the letter to us and discussed it in some detail. The instructions called for Monday to be a day for wearing a shirt denoting one’s favorite sports team, Tuesday to be a funny hat day, Wednesday a pajama day, Thursday a mismatched outfit day, and finally Friday to be a bad hair day—something Mom thought would be the easiest to achieve. When we left her place after supper that night, we returned to the hotel thinking Mom had decided not to participate. However, when we arrived to see her Monday morning, we found her wearing a green shirt with “COLTS” neatly lettered on the back of it—something she had done when waking up at 1:45am that morning, along with laying plans for the design of a funny hat. The shirt garnered her many nice comments as there were few folks participating at that point. The next morning, Tuesday, we arrived at the lobby to see Mom on the upstairs landing wearing her funny hat! She came downstairs and it caused quite a stir and some laughing. We noticed a couple of other hats on folks at that point, too. When it was time for lunch, we met Rachel as she was walking to the dining room, also wearing a funny hat she had modified with an oversized green flower. When we looked into the dining room, most folks were wearing hats! By evening I understood that all but one individual in the dining room were wearing their hats. In the hat photo, the gentleman with Mom is Uncle Ken Heatwole’s brother-in-law who is 96 years old! He was waiting to get picked up for a ride to the dentist and introduced himself to me. It was neat to see so much liveliness in Evergreen Place this time….
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Kay and I arrived to visit Mom last Sunday, January 31. When we arrived, she told us about a letter a young staffer had just sent around announcing the week would be called “Spirit Week” in the hopes of livening up the community in the dead of winter. Mom read the letter to us and discussed it in some detail. The instructions called for Monday to be a day for wearing a shirt denoting one’s favorite sports team, Tuesday to be a funny hat day, Wednesday a pajama day, Thursday a mismatched outfit day, and finally Friday to be a bad hair day—something Mom thought would be the easiest to achieve. When we left her place after supper that night, we returned to the hotel thinking Mom had decided not to participate. However, when we arrived to see her Monday morning, we found her wearing a green shirt with “COLTS” neatly lettered on the back of it—something she had done when waking up at 1:45am that morning, along with laying plans for the design of a funny hat. The shirt garnered her many nice comments as there were few folks participating at that point. The next morning, Tuesday, we arrived at the lobby to see Mom on the upstairs landing wearing her funny hat! She came downstairs and it caused quite a stir and some laughing. We noticed a couple of other hats on folks at that point, too. When it was time for lunch, we met Rachel as she was walking to the dining room, also wearing a funny hat she had modified with an oversized green flower. When we looked into the dining room, most folks were wearing hats! By evening I understood that all but one individual in the dining room were wearing their hats. In the hat photo, the gentleman with Mom is Uncle Ken Heatwole’s brother-in-law who is 96 years old! He was waiting to get picked up for a ride to the dentist and introduced himself to me. It was neat to see so much liveliness in Evergreen Place this time….
Looks like a good time was had by all!
Laughter is the best medicine, but all accounts. Of course Mother never looked so good--finally a decent outfit. Go Colts!
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